Rustic Gluten Free French Bread

Ideal for a weekend lunch, or use it to make yourself some delicious garlic bread. This recipe is quite forgiving, so use it to make a rustic loaf like the one pictured or a nice smooth baguette type by using more or less water.

Ingredients

3 cups GF Flour

3 tsp xanthan or guar gum

1 1/2 tsp salt

2 tbsp dried, rapid rise yeast

1 tsp white vinegar

3 egg whites beaten slightly

1 1/2 cups lukewarm water

Method

Preheat oven to 200C

In the bowl of a heavy duty mixer, place the flour, xanthan gum and salt. Blend with mixer on low.

Dissolve the sugar in the water and add the yeast. Wait until the mixture foams slightly, then blend into the dry ingredients.

Add the butter, egg whites and vinegar. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes.

The dough can be anywhere from a very sticky dough to a thick batter. Add more water if you want a softer, smoother loaf.

To form the loaves, spoon the dough onto greased and floured cookie sheets in two long French-loaf shapes or spoon into French bread pans. Slash diagonally every few inches. If desired, brush with melted butter.

Cover dough and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, 20 – 25 minutes.

Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.

Remove from pan to cool.

Optional – Garlic Bread

Crush three cloves of garlic and blend well with about half a cup of butter

When the loaf has cooled completely, slice it at 2 cm intervals, making sure to not cut completely through the loaf

Push the garlic butter generously between each slice of bread

Wrap the loaf in aluminium foil

Heat for 5 minutes in a very hot oven until the butter has melted into the bread.

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